Reporter 1: “Because of the footage that you gave Tucker Carlson last night he went on, said this was a mostly peaceful chaos as he said. He downplayed. Brian Sicknick’s death, said it was not related to January 6, that this was not an insurrection. Do you regret giving him this footage so he could whitewash the events of that day?”

McCarthy: “No. I — I said at the very beginning: Transparency. And so what I wanted to produce for everybody is exactly what I said, that people could actually look at it and see what’s going on that day. So —“

Reporter 2: “Well, why — but Mr. Speaker —“ [crosstalk]

Reporter 3: “Would you agree with this portrayal of what happened that day?”

McCarthy: “Look each person come up with their own conclusion, but I — what I just wanted to make sure is I had transparency —“

Reporter 4: “Do you because —“

McCarthy: “Because I know on CNN, I mean, I had here where you guys actually broke where we were, this was a secret location, Fort McNair. I don’t know if you got concerned by that. I don’t even know from point of view of security if we could ever be taken there again. But when you broke that at CNN, that was a real concern to a lot of people. I had a real concern and when I wanted to make sure, transparency. Look, the officer’s death was tragic. And anytime that officer is passed in the situation, I want to make sure they’re protected, I want to make sure that transparency goes forward.”